The Research Growth Committee
The Research Growth Committee internally advises Saint Louis University’s research growth agenda and oversees investments in university-wide research initiatives. The committee's responsibilities specifically include:
- Monitoring progress of SLU’s Five Year Research Growth Plan and advising the Office of the Vice President for Research on strategic directions
- Leading in SLU's best interest in growing research initiatives that span across the University and have potential to become self-sustaining, eminent research programs
- Allocating institutional and financial resources to research initiatives
- Supporting faculty leaders by giving individualized advice, making connections for partnerships, and mentoring
- Tom Burroughs, Ph.D., dean, College for Public Health and Social Justice
- Matthew Christian, associate vice president for research
- Scott Duellman, Ph.D., interim dean, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology
- David Ford, Ph.D., chair, School of Medicine Research Planning Committee
- Claire Gilbert, Ph.D., faculty representative
- Barnali Gupta, Ph.D., dean, Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business
- Christine Jacobs, M.D., interim dean, School of Medicine; co-chair, Applied Health Research Council
- Oleg Kisselev, Ph.D., assistant dean, clinical and translational research
- Donna LaVoie, Ph.D., interim dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- Mike Lewis, Ph.D., provost
- Sheila Manion, vice president for development
- Adriana Montano, Ph.D., interim senior associate dean for research
- Ken Olliff, D.Min., M.B.A., vice president for research and partnerships
- Jasmin Patel, assistant vice president for research strategy and innovation
- Gary Ritter, Ph.D., dean, School of Education
- John Tavis, Ph.D., faculty representative
- Danny Willis, DNS, dean, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
Science and Engineering Research Council
The Science and Engineering Research Council advises SLU's research growth agenda as it pertains to science and engineering, and facilitates innovative and collaborative research initiatives among faculty. The council's responsibilities specifically include:
- Identifying and enabling strategic research initiatives
- Supporting the pursuit of large collaborative funding opportunities
- Monitoring research growth progress
- Formulating and implementing a research space policy
- Formulating and implementing a research instrumentation strategy
- Managing the science and engineering portion of the President’s Research Fund
- Advising the Office of the Vice President for Research on other issues to enhance and enable S&E research
- Jenna Gorlewicz, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, Mechanical Engineering (Chair)
- Scott Sell, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Biomedical Engineering
- Amanda Cox, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
- Stephen Belt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Aviation Science
- Abby Stylianou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- Alexei Demchenko, Ph.D., Chair, Chemistry
- David Wisbey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Physics
- Zachary Phillips, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Jeremiah Weinstock, Ph.D., Chair, Psychology
- Haijun Gong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Math
- Kasey Fowler-Finn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biology
- Adriana Montano, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine
- Maureen Donlin, Ph.D., Research Professor, Research Computing, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Laurie Russell, Ph.D., Professor, Biology
Health Research Council
The Health Research Council advises SLU's research growth agenda as it pertains to applied health, and facilitates innovative and collaborative research initiatives among faculty. The council's responsibilities specifically include:
- Facilitating collaborations among SLU faculty who have applied health-related research interests
- Fostering relevant community connections that may advance research interests
- Identifying and supporting strategic research initiatives
- Reviewing and administering the existing Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Grants Program
- Advising the Office of the Vice President for Research on ways to enhance and enable applied health research
- Providing updates of anticipated and actualized research growth to the Research Growth Committee
- Danny Willis, DNS, dean, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing (Co-Chair)
- Noah Hillman, M.D., Pediatrics (Co-Chair)
- Tricia Austin, Ph.D., PT, ATC, Chair, Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
- Bernard Rousseau, Ph.D., Dean, Doisy College of Health Sciences
- Lisa Jaegers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
- Susana Gonzalo-Hervas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Leslie Hinyard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health and Clinical Outcomes Research
- Richard Gruzca, Ph.D., Professor, Family and Community Medicine
- Verna Hendricks-Ferguson, Ph.D., RN, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
- Helen Lach, Ph.D., RN, Professor, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
- Zhengmin Qian, Ph.D., MD, Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Andy Hall, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Robert Gatter, J.D., Professor, Center for Health Law Studies
- Annie Garner, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology
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Erica Salter, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Scholarship Research Council
The Scholarship Research Council advises SLU's research growth agenda as it pertains to scholarship, and aims to grow the eminence of the university's research enterprise by supporting relevant and provocative scholarship. The council's responsibilities specifically include:
- Managing a fund to support scholarly research
- Recommending summer research award funding
- Identifying winners for the annual Scholarly Research Awards
- Developing recognition programs that raise the impact and visibility of scholarly research
- Identifying and enabling strategic research initiatives
- Supporting the pursuit of collaborative funding opportunities
- Monitoring research growth progress
- Advising the Office of the Vice President for Research on ways to enhance and enable scholarly research
- Clarice Thomas, Ph.D., African American Studies
- Emily Lutenski, Ph.D., chair, American Studies
- Dan Kozlowski, Ph.D., Communication
- Jonathan Sawday, Ph.D., English
- Harold Braswell, Ph.D., Health Care Ethics
- Christina Garcia, Ph.D., Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Joseph Salerno, Ph.D., Philosophy
- Steven Rogers, Ph.D., Political Science
- Ness Sandoval, Ph.D., Sociology & Anthropology
- Mary Dunn, Ph.D., Theological Studies
- Alesha Durfee, Ph.D., Women's and Gender Studies
- Paolo Saona, Ph.D., Finance, SLU-Madrid
- Christa Jackson, Ph.D., School of Education
- Monica Eppinger, Ph.D., J.D., School of Law
- Marc Painter, Ph.D., School of Business
Research Institute Fellows Committee
The Research Institute Fellows Committee reviews requests from deans and makes recommendations to the provost and vice president for research to use funds provided by the Research Institute to support faculty hires.
The goal of this program is to enable SLU to recruit and retain researchers of the highest caliber, persons whose research productivity will add significantly to the eminence and impact of SLU's scholarship and research portfolios.
This process supplements, but does not replace, existing processes at the university for faculty hires. Individuals selected will be designated as fellows of the Research Institute.
The Fellows Committee is appointed by the provost and made up of a small number of eminent researchers across the University.
- Enrico Di Cera, M.D., Alice A. Doisy professor and chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine
- David Ford, Ph.D., director, Center for Cardiovascular Research; professor, Biochemistry
- Noah Hillman, M.D., associate professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Jonathan Jacobs, Ph.D., associate professor, Philosophy
- Ravi Nayak, M.D., chair, Internal Medicine
- Ratna Ray, Ph.D., professor, Pathology, School of Medicine
- Daniela Salvemini, William Beaumont professor and chair, Pharmacology and Physiology; Director, Henry and Amelia Nasrallah Center for Neuroscience, School of Medicine
- Jeffrey Teckman, M.D., professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- John Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor, Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine